Finally I’m Official!

Posted on by Sista Felicia

PrintThis morning my brother Joey patiently guided me through a 2.5 hour one-on-one Word Press tutorial/crash course/test on blogging.  I am thrilled to announce I passed with flying colors. Consequently he officially named me, “Sista Felicia GMG’s newest 10 AM contributor.” Since posting daily is a big challenge, I feel like the “The Little Engine That Could” as I am thrust among  the twenty talented GMG contributors. Bringing multiple posts daily to the GMG community, and using the I think I can… I think I can mindset, I hope to deliver you with content sparking your inner Sista.

What will you find at 10 AM? My posts will contain easy to follow step-by-step instructions and colorful photos. As I share: recipes, craft projects, gift ideas, fabulous finds, my favorite kitchen gadgets and must haves with you I hope to provide you with a taste of my life. My wish is to inspire, to guide, and to bring a smile to you and your family through creating beautiful things and delicious dishes for all to enjoy! Please feel free to send me your questions and comments.

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Coconut snuggling by the fire while Joey gives me a crash course in Word Press Blogging…doesn’t she seem excited?

Bailees Beverly Hospital Fundraiser

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

Bailee is a young philanthropist who loves to help others please join her Saturday to help bring the pediatric patients at Beverly Hospital some prizes!

Free Permaculture Event at the Lanesville Community Center

Posted on by Kimsmithdesigns
Alex Sands writes ~
Hi Kim,
I would like to invite you to an upcoming event in which I think that you may be interested.  On November 9th I am co-hosting a free presentation titled “Explore the Possibilities for Transforming Your Landscape into a Garden of Eden”.  Our presentation will discuss the basics of permaculture and ecological design and look at the many common and uncommon edible plants which can be grown in our area.  Permaculture is a design system which uses principles which facilitate health and abundance in natural ecosystems to enhance human systems.  I am co-hosting this event with Kay Cafasso, an extraordinary permaculture educator form western Mass..  The presentation will take place at the Lanesville Community Center on Saturday, November 9th from 1 to 3 PM.
Could you please share this information on GoodMorningGloucester?  I have attached our flyer.
I hope to see you there!
Thank you,
Alex
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Manchester Essex Football Win 22-8 Make Championship Tournament!

Posted on by Lowell Peabody

With a 22-18 win over the Amesbury Indians Friday night at Hyland Field, the Manchester Essex Hornets secured their place in the post season playoffs. Coming from behind several times in the game, the Hornets fought back and put it away with a touchdown and 2 point conversion with less than 40 seconds left to play. A key to the win had to be the late 4th quarter defensive stop made by the Hornets on a 3rd and VERY short attempt by Amesbury setting up the offense with good field position and just enough time.

Something Strange Going On Here

Posted on by God's Morning

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I went for a walk with Brenda Malloy out beyond the Retreat House to the place we call “Evelyn’s Point”, where Evelyn Howe died.  During the walk we encountered some very strange things that neither of us had ever seen before.  From a distance, the tidal pool looked like it was ringed with dried salt, but on closer inspection, it was some kind of white fiberous stuff.  We also found pure white crab and lobster shells.  And then there was the large cityscape looking thing on the horizon again, different from what I saw the other day – larger and more defined, and definitely not a cloud formation.  Charlie Carroll said he thought what I saw the other day was a mirage.  I don’t know what this is.  Does anyone have any ideas, or have you seen any of these things before?  I think we’re being invaded by UFO’s.

UPDATE:  I think I’ve discovered what the UFO is.  It is actually an IFO (identified floating object), the Excelerate Northeast Gateway Floating LNG Terminal, which you normally can’t see from here unless the visibility conditions are just right, or maybe as Charlie Carroll said, we are seeing its mirage.   We sailed past it last summer on Tom Robinson-Cox’s Triad, and the thing was masssive.

The Excelerate Northeast Gateway deepwater port is a ship that is three football fields long, a football field wide, with its own helicopter landing pad, and carries enough natural gas to heat 21,000 average New England homes for a year. It cost $250 million, weighs 200 million pounds, and is powered by 36,000 horsepower worth of engines that drive the ship and warm liquid gas to vapor — and can also produce electricity equivalent to the demand of 11,000 homes.

Northeast Gateway is said to be as environmentally friendly and have the minimum environmental footprint possible, through technologies that recover waste heat, function like a catalytic converter removing pollutants from exhaust, and virtually eliminate the need for using sea water in the vaporization process.

I still wonder what is causing those white crab and lobster shells and very sickly looking tidal pool.

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Here is a great photo of the Excelerate taken by Donna Ardizzoni from Manchester, all lit up and more clearly visible as what it is.

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$5 Gift Card To People Wearing Halloween Costume At Cape Ann Brewing

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

B.B. King of gospel steel guitar on 104.9 tomorrow (SUN) 9AM

Posted on by Vickie & Peter
Calvin Cooke – the B.B. King of gospel steel guitar

Calvin Cooke, leader of The Slide Brothers and known as the B.B. King of gospel steel guitar, will be Aurelia Nelson’s guest on her North Shore 104.9 FM show Curtain Up tomorrow (SUN) at 9am.  Calvin calls in from the road where he and his band are touring the U.S. in support of their new CD Robert Randolph Presents: The Slide Brothers.

Guitar Worlds says, “The Slide Brothers … tackle rock, funk and blues with a ferocity that will startle fans of Duane Allman, Derek Trucks and Muddy Waters.”  Listen to this amazing version of the Allman Brothers’ classic Don’t Keep Me Wonderin’ from their new CD.

The Slide Brothers’ only New England concert is next Saturday, Nov 2 (after the Red Sox will have won the World Series) just down the road at Beverly’s fully restored, historic Larcom Theatre.  There are still some good seats left (especially in the gorgeous horseshoe Balcony — see here).

Local virtuoso and recent Berklee grad, Michael Thomas Doyle opens the show with his band — Cody Nilsen on guitar/vocals, Bill Spencer on bass, and Steve Russo (of Runaround and Mile 21) on drums .  This will be your only chance to catch the greatest living masters of Slide Guitar so close to home — and support one of our local rising stars at the same time.  Get tickets now.  Watch them play the Hendrix Classic, Foxy Lady!

The Cripple Cove Quintet featuring The Goddesses tonight @ The Rhumb Line 9:30pm -12:30Pm

Posted on by Joanne

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WHAT: The Cripple Cove Quintet featuring The Goddesses

WHERE: The Rhumb Line (40 Railroad Avenue, Gloucester, MA)
WHEN: 3 sets start at 9:30pm on Saturday, October 26th
WHAT ELSE: 21+/No Cover

The Cripple Cove Quintet featuring The Goddesses will be back at The Rhumb Line as a full, plugged-in, electric quintet after a mellow summer of acoustic quartet gigs. Yes, Game 3 is on, but The Rhumb Line has a TV, and we’ll be watching from the stage, too! Come down and shake it with us, World Series/Halloween style.

D, E, F, Maritime Halloween at Maritime Gloucester

Posted on by capeannpainter

D, E, F,  Maritime Halloween at Maritime Gloucester

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The European rock shrimp, or ghost shrimp, has invaded New England waters. First spotted in Salem in 2010, these highly-adaptable shrimp are now common in Gloucester.

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“Frankenfish” is a nickname for the northern snakehead, an invasive species of freshwater fish. The horror movies Snakehead Terror, Frankenfish, and Swarm of the Snakehead were (very!) loosely based on an actual snakehead outbreak in Maryland!

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Little is known about the deep sea goblin shark, a rare fish with extendable jaws. Goblin sharks are the only living members of an ancient shark family from the age of dinosaurs!

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Red Sox-Cards Game 2

Posted on by David B. Cox

What a  shame.. if the throw to Salty had been on target the inning would have been over   and we would have had Tazawa and Koji to close it out. Oh well on to St. Louie and GO SOX!!!!!! A good throw to the plate and that guy was a dead duck. Who is that shooter on the big screen by the way??

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Using Technology to Create Art

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

Hi Joey,

I stumbled across this on YouTube and thought it was very cool.  These guys are creating public art by combining radio control with a dash of artificial intelligence and a sprinkling of robotics and mixing it with human perception. Check it out!

 

Enjoy!
~Bill O’Connor
North Shore Kid

Terra Nova Sinks off Gloucester, Ma 10/25/13

Posted on by capeannpainter

“Coast Guard crews rescue two fishermen east of Cape Ann, Mass.”

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“BOSTON − Coast Guard crews rescued two male crew members after a commercial fishing vessel that was taking on water sank three miles east of Cape Ann, Mass., at approximately 10:30 p.m., Friday.
Watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector Boston received notification via VHF channel 16 at approximately 8:30 p.m., Friday, that the 65-foot commercial fishing vessel Terra Nova was taking on water with two people aboard.
The crew reported six feet of water in the forward cabin of the vessel and the onboard pumps were not able to keep up with the flooding. The crew anchored the vessel, donned immersion suits and abandoned ship.
Responding were crews from:
– Coast Guard Station Gloucester, Mass.
– Rockport Harbormaster
– Gloucester Harbormaster
– Massachusetts State Police Department
– local good Samaritan vessels
A Coast Guard Air Station Cape Cod MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew located the Terra Nova crewmembers in the water and relayed the position to the Coast Guard Station Gloucester 47-foot Motor Lifeboat crew. The crew then rescued the first Terra Nova crewmember. He was hoisted into the helicopter and transferred to Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston.
The Rockport Harbormaster rescued the second crewmember and transferred him to awaiting EMS at Coast Guard Station Gloucester. He was then taken by ambulance to Addison Gilbert Hospital in Gloucester, Mass.”
Terra Nova at Rose Marine
Terra Nova at Rose Marine

– See more at: http://www.piersystem.com/go/doc/4007/1941262/#sthash.KNB7EEjn.dpuf

http://www.piersystem.com/go/doc/4007/1941262/

The Magnet

Posted on by Fredrik Bodin
This summer, a guy came into my gallery wearing the GMG hat. He was pretty cool. I went outside to photograph him and his dog for GMG, but in no time a Brazilian woman walked into the shot. He gave me this look of: "Hey, this just happens." What is the magnet here? Is it the guy, the dog, the shiny green truck, the woman, or the hat? You tell me! After a few minutes, she walked on. I think we've got the beginnings of a short story here.
This summer, a guy came into my gallery wearing the GMG hat. He was pretty cool. I went outside to photograph him and his dog for GMG, but in no time a Brazilian woman walked into the shot. He gave me this knowing look of: “Hey, this just happens.” What is the magnet here? Is it the guy, the dog, the shiny green truck, the woman, or the hat? You tell me! After a few minutes, she walked on. I think we’ve got the beginnings of a short story here. I don’t know who’s happier, the guy or the dog.

Community Stuff 10/26/13

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro
Invitation to Veterans Memorial Square sign dedication

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NEW SQUARE SIGN

Easter Point Day School Presents
Musicians of the Sun
Monday, November 25th, 6:30 p.m.
Gloucester Stage Company

Please join the children, their families and staff of Eastern Point Day School for an art exhibit and supporting production of Musicians in the Sun. Admission is free and open to the public. Donations are appreciated.

Patricia Reed, EPDS Art Specialist, and Matthew Recine, Upper School Teacher and Performance Director have been working with students and teachers throughout the fall as they apply their knowledge and skills to expressing and studying the Aztec culture. The result is a wonderful exhibit and production that will be both educational and entertaining.

As described by Mr. Recine, “Musicians of the Sun is based on an ancient Aztec folktale of the same name detailing the birth of color into the world.  It’s a story of heart, life, love, and music – about color and the absence of it.  It’s about song and the joy it can bring to people.” 

Please join us on November 25th for Musicians of the Sun at the Gloucester Stage Company.

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By supporting your local post you are supporting our troops.
If you are interested in having a table please contact
Jennifer Gannet 978-290-7313 or Melissa Cox 978-631-9015.
Tables are limited and will sell out quickly.
Location: AMVETS Post 32 14 Prospect Street Gloucester, MA 01930